Can you guys tell I like writing for Enji yet? Lol.
You tried to get closer, watching as they once again lowered to the street. In a break, you dashed to their position, managing to get in between them right as Toshinori's fist and Enji's fire came barreling toward you at full speed.
"!!!!"
...
Enji quickly took notice of your sudden appearance, quickly directing his fire upward and creating a wall of it that stopped before it reached you. This allowed you to avoid Toshinori's swing and duck under the fast moving hand and accidentally throw yourself into a wall.
"Shit!"
You smacked your head and fell to the ground, both of the boys haulting their fight as Enji rushed over to you. "(Y/N)!? Are you alright??" He kneeled beside you, allowing you to use his shoulder as he helped you stand.
"I'm fine...but what the FUCK ARE YOU TWO DOING!?!" You growled. "I understand competition, I understand wanting to be the best, but arguing under every circumstance and fighting eachother? Neither of you deserve to be heroes if this is going to be your attitude!"
You snatched your arm away from Enji and stormed off, the fight was over, but you were furious. What were they even thinking?!? You marched across the campus, just wanted to go somewhere else and forget all about it.
You went back to the commons to grab your things as people whispered when you walked by. Some even called you a party-pooper, you guessed for ruining the fight.
Grabbing your things, you decided to take the back door to avoid anyone else. You pushed it open with your back and decided on going to the gym to let out some frustration.
You didn't bother to change as you readied yourself on the treadmill. You started it up and began to run, increasing the speed as your heart pounded. The hero work pays off in terms of fitness, running being something you have be used to no matter what your quirk is.
You got lost in the adrenaline. The anger, the dissapointment, you let it all out the harder you pushed yourself.
"(Y/n)." A deep voice echoed from behind you. You grumbled and ignored it, continuing to run as you heard the footsteps approach. "(Y/n)..."
You knew it was Enji, his impatient ass was getting him frustrated already. He appeared into your line of vision, taking place infront of the treadmill and leaning on it, making sure to not hit the buttons.
"I came to apologize if you want to hear it. If not I'll leave."
You looked him dead in the eyes for a moment, seeing the scratches and marks on his face alone and taking in the cuts on his arms. Sighing, you slowed the treadmill to a stop and you took a deep breath before leaning toward him.
"Well?"
"It was my fault."
"Well thats a way to start." You commented, getting off the equipment to grab a bottle of water and chug it as Enji followed you to a bench where he took a seat beside you.
"I'm being honest. You told me you like it better when I was honest."
You swallowed, "I do, but in this case I was expecting you to blame Toshinori." Enji scoffed and crossed his arms, "God I can't go a second without someone bringing up Mr. Perfect."
You looked at Enji quizzically, "Toshinori? Perfect? Not at all." You laughed to yourself and looked over your arm. "He acts like it, so I called him out." Enji added.
"By punching him?"
Enji snapped his head toward you, "He got at me first! But I did land the first hit...." He sulked more to himself and his signature frown was plastered on his face. "I wouldn't expect anything else from either of you." You shook your head, leaning to rest your chin on your palm.
"Did I not do enough?" You questioned, Enji's eyes trailing back toward you as you stared at the floor. "I mean, I tried to make you to understand and get along with one another but it still ended up like this anyway."
Enji exhaled out of his nose, "Sometimes people just can't be friends...it isn't anything you did." You dropped your hand and looked over to the redhead. "I'm sorry." You whispered, Enji sucking in a breath through his nose before he turned more toward you.
"I was supposed to be the one apologizing you shortass, don't steal my thunder." The nickname made you smile, a small laugh emitting from your throat as the corner of Enji's lips turned up just a touch.
"My bad fireboy...continue."
"Echem, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted." You smacked his arm and rolled your eyes, making a quick smirk appear on his face.
"Like I said, it was my fault. I egged him on because I wanted to prove I was better, he needed to know he isn't the only damn person who wants to be number one."
"A lot of people do Ji...."
Your sudden use of his old nickame took him by suprise, it had been years since you called him that. "...I wanted to be number one too, I think almost every kid does. But I realized that I still got to do what I loved no matter the number that was plastered on my face."
"Thats the thing, is I can't separate the two." He admitted, leaning on his knees. "I look at it as my strength and value is on that scale. If I'm not number one then I am number two and that isn't okay. I can't have that."
"You can't have that, or your dad can't have that?"
Enji fell silent. Everything he did was for him, every breath and accomplishment was for him. No matter how old he got, it seemed he would never gain his fathers respect, this was the way he was taught how to be respected. By being the best, never less.
"I-....I don't-"
You put your hand on his, soft eyes looking up at him as you sent him a small smile. "You aren't your father Enji. You are what you make yourself."
"It will take a while before I believe that."
"Well we hopefully have a while left on this planet, so I will help you believe until you know it for yourself."
Enji stood as you did, taking you in a hug which suprised you. "I'm sorry
(Y/n)...please forgive me and my stupid actions." You patted his back, "I forgive you, but only if you pay for my dinner after our exam on Thursday."
He let out a breath of a laugh, "Fine, you have a deal."
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"Enji! Got your back!" You yelled, flipping off a roof and onto a student, tackling him the the ground as Enji fought off two boys.
It was the midst of the exam, now on the final strech, every man for himself. You decided to team up with Enji, helping him and yourself make it to the end and then deciding it from there.
If you were on the ground for 20 seconds without moving, you were out. The longer you stayed in, the more points you got. You knocked the boy out cold, eliminating him from the 'game'.
"(Y/n), rooftop!" Enji warned, allowing you to duck just in time before a man came from the rooftop and tried to pull a fast one on you. You ducked and dodged as he tried to hit you full force at every swing, he just wouldn't give up!
After a few minutes, you were really done with this guy but his hits were almost a certain K.O. for you if it landed. His hits stopped for a moment allowing you to catch your breath as he began a very powerful swing.
But as it reached you, another body flew past and collided into him, both out cold. You looked over at Enji who had quite literally just thrown a whole ass person at another person to knock both of them out.
"You're welcome." He smirked with a cocky tone. From behind him, a girl was charging and attempting to sneak up behind him. You grabbed a bin lid from beside you and tossed it like a disc, going around Enji and hitting her in the head.
"You're welcome." You retorted, looking at him as he processed what just happened.
"The final ten remain."
The speaker blared. Toshinori didn't show up for the exam, opting to take it later most likley because of his scrap with Enji.
But Enji was more determimed than ever to take the test. He wanted to win, he was driven, but he also wanted you to succeed as well.
He followed you as you lept onto the rooftops to get a better view and to try and find the others. While you were looking for them, Enji kept his eyes on you.
If it had been anyone else who wanted to team up, he would have told them to 'fuck off' and they would have been the first om his list. But you could handle your own, you didn't ask because you were weak, you asked becasue you cared about him and wanted to work together which is not something most people wanted to do.
"There, they are trying to hide..." You said, pointing to an alley where three of the students were standing. The thing was was that there were cameras everywhere, and if someone stayed in spot too long without moving....
BWAAAAMP
A loud alarm rung out through the building, attracting everyone to the location of the three people in their safe spot.
"I guess they didn't listen." Enji scoffed, "I'll corner them."
You nodded, watching as he moved around to go behind them and introducing himself right before he knocked one of them striaght into a wall. You jumped down, going across the model freeway and jumping down behind them.
"Hey boys, hows it goin'?"
The two left turned and looked at you as you quickly slid underneath one of their legs as Enji began to fight with the other. You were accustomed to dodging the flamable aftermath of Enji's quirk, but others...not so much.
The fire caught on one of their suits, as Enji moved his fight up to the freeway by lifting the boy off the ground and chucking him upward.
You swung your leg and kicked your opposer in the face, sending him to the floor. Suddenly, a man tackled you to the ground and you quickly kneed him in the area where the sun don't shine before shoving him off you and returning to your feet and leaping over the other man who was charging at you.
Once he tried it again, you hooked a leg around his neck and shifted your weight to slam him into the ground. The other man, who was the one Enji put through a wall, came back at you and bit your arm.
"What the shit?!" You said, chucking him off of you into a pillar and taking a second to look at your arm. "Does your quirk even have to do with that?!" The man seemed taken aback by your complaint.
"Uhhmm, no?"
"Then why the FUCK did you bite me!?!"
"I don't know...I-I...."
You put your hand up, "I'll tell you what. Sit and stay for 20 seconds until your eliminated and I won't knock all your teeth out." The man nodded, quickly sitting down and finally being eliminated.
The speaker then sounded again:
"The final three are now all that is left. The arena will be condenced. Please head to the freeway."
"I hope Enji is still in this..." You muttered, jumping to the road to see him towering over a slumped over student. He turned to look at you, "I'm glad you made it."
"Awww, is that Enji caring for once?"
His cheeks turned pink, "Tch."
You both heard a howl from above you, drawing your eyes to see a figure on the building.
"HAHHAHAHAHA! WELCOME! MY NAME IS CREAM MAN! PREPARE TO DIE!"
You and Enji both stared at him, a small laugh exiting your throat at his name. "WHY DO YOU LAUGH?!?"
"Sorry buddy! It's just that your hero name is kind of...odd."
"A little suggestive too." Enji added with a nudge in your side. "I AM CREAM MAN! PREPARE TO BE CREAMED!"
He jumped down as you looked over to Enji, "He is gonna cream you first."
"That sounds so wrong, shut it."
"Pfft, he ain't creamin me for jack shit!" You laughed, the imposing man slowly making his way down toward you.
"He really picked a tall building to jump from." Enji added, watching as the man slowly got bigger and bigger. "Well, are you ready?" You said in a fight stance, Enji getting ready too.
But before anything could even happen, it seemed his aim was a bit off as he missed the highway and fell straight through the gap inbetween the buildings and the street.
The speaker came on once again:
"The final two remain"
You ran over to the edge to make sure he was still alive, luckily he was, but he probably broke an arm or something.
"Guess it's just you and me." Enji said quietly. "Yup." You agreed, quickly dodging as he swung his fist toward you. "Rude!" You stated, inciting a grin from the male. "Worth a shot."
The fight lasted a long time, you both weren't even paying attention as you swung and missed and ducked and dodged eachothers hits.
You both were on fire (Enji quite literally), the adrenaline made it so much better and being with eachother fighting full force was such a nice change of pace. Really helped you practice.
"The test has no concluded, we have a tie."
You both looked at eachother with shocked expressions.
"WHAT?!?" You complained in unison. They said nothing about a time limit! What kind of crap is that?!?
You made your way back to the gathering area where you bkth recieved the highest scores of 96. Though you were both upset you didn't get to finish, you congratulated Enji on the tie and got ready to leave.
On your way out however, you walked along side Enji and heard a shrill scream. His face went pale, and as you looked over, you realized why.
There was his father with a devilish smirk on his face and running up to Enji was Rei. She enveloped him in a hug, one which he didn't return but still for some reason your stomach churned with anger at the sight.
"Enji! You did so amazing!" Her eyes sparkled, she was enamoured with him. You suddenly realized that this is what Enji meant when he said she was boring. She was infatuated with him, so much so that she would never speak her mind or have one ill thing to say. She was a blank sheet, a white canvas that someone hung up in a museum and called 'art'.
"I'm sorry I don't believe we've met." She said, turning her head toward you, still holding one arm around Enji as she scanned you up and down. "Why would we?" You said, more snappy then you intended but Enji seemed to get a kick out of it.
"I was just trying to be friendly." She seethed, you could tell that was a big ol whoppin lie. "Sure you were...I'm gonna go to the bus. See ya later Enji." Dismissing yourself before you had to witness anymore and before the stare of his father burned through your skull.
You waited out by the bus, a few people chattering as you sat and played games on your phone. "(Y/n). Let's go eat something tonight." Enji said, appearing beside you and slightly out of breath.
"Wha-?"
Before you could answer, Enji's father came up from behind him. Both him and Rei looked equally furious but Reis anger was directed toward you. "My son told me you and him were already going out to dinner?"
You were so confused, but quickly caught on. "Yes. We planned it a while ago." His father eyed you, "How long ago, exactically?"
Your palms were sweating, what the actual shit Enji??!?!
You quickly looked over to him trying not to look suspicious because clearly he was avoiding going with his father somewhere that night. "About two weeks ago."
You said it with full confidence, one week was too little and three weeks was too long. There was a heavy silence that lingered over all four of you until his father grumbled. "I see he was telling the truth."
Your shoulders relaxed, how the hell did you just guess that? "But babe!" Rei whined. You creaked your head toward her, looking between her and Enji as you almost threw up all over the ground.
"One, don't call me that. Two, there is nothing about it. I already have dinner planned." Enji turned and ushered your stone like figure from the premise as you both got onto the bus.
You stayed silent, that series of events made your mind fuzy. "Thanks for pulling that out of you a-...What's wrong?" Enji asked as the bus started to leave. You opened your lips to speak but nothing came out. What was wrong?
It was awkward, weird, tense, but those words didn't even come close to describing how you felt. "That was...odd. She was pretty though."
Enji rolled his eyes and leaned back in his seat. "Not nearly compared to others."
Others???
That word irked your mind. Has he slept with a bunch of people????
"You look pale, do you need some food again? I brought some bars just in case." You swatted one out of his hand and scarfed it down. "Jesus, got it." He reacted, eyes wide as he tried to figure out what got you in your current mood.
Yeah Rei made it weird and his dad was....well...himself, but you usually didn't let petty people like that get under your skin. "Do you want to watch a movie?" Enji offered, your (e/c) eyes looking up to his as you gave him a small nod.
"I have some on my phone. Here, choose one."
He tossed you his phone so you could scroll through the movies. You scanned and scanned until finally, "When Harry Met Sally?" You turned to look at him. "When have you ever watched any movie in a genre like this???" He shrugged, averting his eyes from yours.
"I haven't, I just know you like it."
Your eyes widened and cheeks turned pink, "We should watch it...." Upon hearing your request, Enji reached into his bag and pulled out earbuds. "Here." He said handing you one as he plugged them into his phone.
The movie began and Enji was suprisingly intrigued by the film unlike you expected. Time passed and the bus ride began to turn dark as the sun faded from the sky, the moon taking over as the movie had a few minutes left.
Enji was analyzing every part of it, he had to admit, he liked it a lot. His mind wandered, however, when he felt pressure on his arm. Glancing over, he realized you were fast asleep, curled up oddly on the seat.
He felt his breath hitch, clearing his throat, he tried to conceal his rapid heartbeat that made him feel like a little kid. Enji had mever had never had a crush before, but first the shopping and now this?
Then the ending of the movie came and the large ending caught his ear:
"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
Before his mind went to anything else, it went to you.
"Shit." He cursed to himself, knowing that now of all times to have a stupid crush, when his father was making him get married, was not it. But the way you huddled closer into him and your small breaths fanning on his skin, he couldn't help but stare.
"God...what am I gonna do."
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You sat in your house, thinking on all the events that had occured. You and Enji didn't actually go out for dinner because you were so tired, but the encounter with his...fiancee, still made you grumpy.
The doorbell rang and you already knew who it was. "Enji! It's unlocked!"
You two had been spending more time together as of late and since it was Saturday he asked if you two could hangout to avoid his dad pestering him again.
He entered and looked at your face that was hanging over the arm of the chair. "What were you thinking about?" He questioned.
"How did you know I was thinking about something?"
"You sit in weird ass positions when you think."
"It helps!" Enji gave you a questioning look, "What it does! Try it!" Enji sighed as if he couldn't know how he got himself here. He sat on the couch beside the chair and slung his head over the arm so he could see you.
"Good! Now, tell me what is on your mind."
He sighed, but looking at your face he could tell you were dead serious. "I'm thinking about my future."
"Go ooonn...." Your urged, listening to him as he explained himself. "Well, I already know what I want to be...but what else? There is more to life than being a hero..."
You turned over, taking in every word as he continued to speak. He wanted to be more than just a hero? He had never expressed any interest in anything else but here he was.
Enji spoke of how he wanted a wife, kids, and sometimes even how he wanted to have a place where he didn't have to be a hero.
"....I know it might be stupid but. It's just been weighing on me since, ya know."
He looked over to see you sitting up amd staring at him. Following suit, he quickly turned over and looked around the room to avoid your captivating eyes. "That works pretty well...."
When you stayed silent, he continued. "So I was thinking we could got out and get dinner? Let me make up for the other day."
"Oh, uhm...sure!" You said, standing up and watching as his height loomed above yours. "I know a place, come on."
You walked side by side with him making the occasional jokes as you went to the resturaunt. Enji took a turn in an alley, you stopping at its entrance. "Hey Ji, that looks kind of sketch."
Walking back over to you, Enji took your hand gently in his. "Trust me. I wouldn't take you anywhere I didn't know was safe and trustworthy." By his lead, you went down the alley, stepping down a few steps to a door.
Enji did two knocks, then one, then two. A small window slid open and a gruff voice asked for a password. Enji, who was still holding your hand, got out his wallet and pulled out a card that was black with a silver outline.
The window immediatley slammed shut, scaring you a bit, but there was no time to react before the door opened. A large man greeted both of you, allowing you to enter the room.
It was dark, only a few grey looking lights shining from overhead and on the walls. It was packed with people, you were in no way dressed for the occasion this looked like. "Come with me." Enji whispered into your ear.
He took you to a booth, sitting down across from you as someone immediately came over to hand out menus. He out a small bell on the table to ring whenever you needed him.
"What is this place?!" You asked once the man left. "It's called The Silver Lining. My dad used to come here all the time." You made an 'o' with your mouth and continued to look around.
Eventually the waiter came back to take your order which you could see why Enji came back because the food was delicious! After you ate, you both sat and talked, chatting with eachother and laughing before one of your favorite songs came on.
"I have to go dance to this! I'll be right back!" You joined the crowd of people, Enji making sure to keep his eyes out for any creeps. "Well, well, well, look who came back in after all this time?"
Enji turned his head to the voice, seeing the owner of the resturaunt. She was a nice lady and was like his mother because she took care of him while his father was getting drunk.
"What brought you back?" She asked.
"Escaping personal business." Enji replied, the owner leaning up against the booth where you were previously sitting. "I heard about the marriage, but from the look on your face I would say that you aren't to happy...so, who is that girl then?"
She gestured over to you as you had somehow made a new friend on the dancefloor. "A close friend."
The owner eyed him up and down before sighing, "Boy, you used to tell me all the time that you wanted a life...a family. Now you're getting what you want, aren't you?"
"Tch. I never wanted to be forced to marry her."
"Oooh, so you have someone else in mind?" A sly grin spread across her face. "Not really." He said a bit quieter, He had a crush on you sure but marriage? Family? That was a stretch...or so he thought.
"Well let me just say that sometimes the best answer is right under that dumb fuckin face of yours." She fake slapped him and began to walk away, "Good to see you boy, next time if you come in with a ring on your finger and a frown on your face I'll beat your ass!"
Enji chuckled and then began to watch you again. The rest of the night was pretty quiet, you made breif conversation on the walk home, Enji trying to solve a thousand issues in his head and thinking about what the owner had said.
Meanwhile, you were quite literally trying not to cry. You had figured out your feelings by talking to a drunk girl on the dance floor and concluded that there was no hope for you with Enji.
"Well, we're here!" You feigned enthusiasm, wishing your time with him was just a bit longer. "Mhm..." he replied, clearly his mind was elsewhere too.
You both stood in the doorway for a moment in silence, once he did nothing, you said a quiet goodbye and shut the door.
You rand to your room and fell on your bed, rolling into a ball and cryinv while trying to get to your sad playlist of music.
You fell asleep for a bit and woke up to thunder cracking right by your house. "SWEET DEAR LORD OF FUCK MY ASS!" After your beautiful array of curses, you sat in silence listening to the rain giving you time to remember why you were crying in the first place.
You sniffed again, letting the tears continue to flow as it poured outside. You grabbed a tub of ice cream, tucked yourself into a blanket and put on a romance movie that you could quote by heart just to make it worse...you guess.
Halfway through the movie, there was a loud bang on the door. You scrambled up and cautiously walked toward it as you still had the blanket wrapped around you.
The knock sounded again, softer this time. You opened the door and there was Enji, soaked from the rain and breathing like he just ran a marathon. His eyes held determination as his brows scrunched together. He looked angry in a good way almost.
"Enji?!" You questioned with a sniff, the male taking note of your red eyes and the scattered tissues on the floor.
"I lied to you (Y/n)!" He quickly said, not even coming in the house in his apparent urgency. "Lied to me? About what? If this is about your fight with Toshi-"
"No, it isn't about him..." He paused, catching his breath. "I lied about this whole thing." He gestured between the two of you, your mind doing flips as you tried to wrap your head around things.
"I lied about saying we were just friends, I lied about my feelings for you, I lied about the reason why I wanted to see you everyday and why I was so furious to be getting married."
Your eyes opened a bit wider.
"I didn't care who I married. Before I met you. I didn't care about anything else. Before I met you. If I didn't know you and I was in the same spot I was right now, I would have gotten the marriage over with but I can't because I love you."
Your heart pounded in your chest, Enji was never one for dramatics but this...
"You are the one I want to be with. I want the life I told you about with you. I pushed myself away for so long because I thought it was a stupid chance, but I can talk to you, confide in you like no one else. I was so scared of losing that relationship we had that I might have fucked it up for both of us..."
He heaved, the words were flowing out like a river. "You are the person right under my dumbass face that I have been waiting for. I hope you feel the same way because I am about to do something really stupid.
Enji got down on one knee and pulled out a small box from his pocket. "I got it while we were shopping and you weren't looking because I started having all those thoughts with you there. I even chose this fucking ring because you said it was your favorite and I didn't even let myself be smart then..."
He opened the box to a beautiful ring that was indeed one you had pointed out to him.
"Marry me (Y/n). I know the stuff with my dad is happening but I won't allow it to. This is my choice, I want you and no one else." Enji ducked his head down, nerves finally setting in as he awaited a response.
Instead of words, you stepped outside and kneeled infront of him, letting the rain soak you head to toe as you lifted his jaw and planted a sweet kiss onto his lips.
Enji's eyes slowly closed as he wrapped his arms around you, only pulling away to slip the ring on uour finger.
"We will be together. I promise." He said firmly, the regular Enji demeanor returning as you smiled at him. "I promise that too...but for now we should go inside before I freeze."
Enji helped you stand, "Once I'm more dry I can be a stand in fireplace."
You chuckled and kissed his cheek, "Thank you Ji."
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